Yes with Vimeo its easy to track. i sent three films to Vera Cruz film
festival. Never watched according to vimeo. Maybe we should start reporting
those festivals that do not watch or only watch a small portion so other
filmmakers know.

Dominic

On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM Michael Betancourt <
[email protected]> wrote:

> What fascinates and frustrates me is how many festivals watch no more than
> 2-3 seconds before rejecting. Don't they realize their behavior is tracked
> and we can see how much (and if) they even watched it?
> It seems polyannaish to say they are busy and have lots to watch--isn't
> that the actual job? Who can make any decision about the kinds of media we
> all make in just 3 seconds? To say its our responsibility to know the
> festival is disingenuous when festivals do this consistently, and then
> claim they are serious about what they're doing.
> There are so many other things that may or may not deserve to be called
> bs, but not watching the works??
>
> Michael
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